UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will pay a fine for not wearing a seatbelt while filming a video promoting the economy program on Friday.
The fine imposed by the Lancashire Police on a ’42-year-old man from London’ is about £100, or about $124, equivalent to a penny for a man whose net worth is greater than the King of England. If a lawsuit is filed, the fine could increase to £500, or around $620.
Snack had been in Lancashire to shoot the video as part of a trip across the north of England. He was trying to push the government’s latest appropriations bill. The bill was intended to help “level up” or improve facilities and infrastructure in key regions of the country.
In a video posted to Instagram, Sunak sits in the back of a car discussing how the government plans to spend its £2.1bn fund, while keen viewers are stunned by how the prime minister has fastened his seatbelt. I couldn’t help but notice I wasn’t wearing it
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A representative for the prime minister told the BBC that Mr Sunak “fully acknowledged and apologized that this was a mistake”, adding that he would indeed pay the fine.
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak departs 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly Prime Minister’s Questions in Parliament in London on Wednesday 11 January 2023.
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Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab told BBC Breakfast that Snak “made a mistake with the seatbelt issue”.
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Snak previously paid a fine for violating COVID-19 lockdown rules after attending then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s birthday gathering in Downing Street in June 2020.
File: Then-British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab speaks during a press conference with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the State Department in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
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Multiple penalties, called ‘fixed penalty notices’ in the UK, must be paid within 28 days.
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Liberal Democrat deputy leader Daisy Cooper said of the video, “From caucuses to seatbelt wearers, these Conservative politicians are just mocking the British public.” “They continue to act as if it’s a rule for them and another rule for others, but this fine is a reminder that the Conservative Party will eventually pay off. Let
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson departs 10 Downing Street on his way to the House of Commons in London on Monday.
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Conservative MPs in Parliament defend party leader: Scott Benton, Conservative MP for Blackpool South, says police will ‘work on serious crimes’ rather than focus on ‘mistakes’ I should be more interested in that, he said.
‘Let’s keep this ratio constant. Millions of Britons receive similar flat fine notices each year,’ Benton said of the issue.
